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- DirectorShamus CulhaneStarsPatricia KayHarry LangDick NelsonIn this Swing Symphony cartoon things are hopping on an Arabian desert when local tribesmen gather at the Adobe Club for an evening of middle-eastern jitterbugging, boogie-woogie and truckin'. A very-shapely-indeed girl is dancing to a song about Abou Ben Boogie, the Oriental Rug Cutter, whose advances toward the girl are thwarted by a dancing camel. The dancer manages to elude Ben Boogie and all the other wolfish attendees.
- DirectorShamus CulhaneAt the Sandwich Islands, which includes the "deviled egg" island, the "hot dog on a bun" island, and the "hamburger" island (with a sign, "Hold the Onions"), we see a man on the "tunaville" island surveying the area with a telescope. He notices a crate full of musical instruments wash ashore and alerts the others. The tribe finds these instruments strange and unusual at first but eventually really get the hang of them, particularly one member who plays a hot piano, his playing being somewhat interrupted by a pestiferous crab.
- DirectorDick LundyStarsJack TeagardenLee SweetlandHans ConriedShipwrecked Jackson, a trombone player, is washed up on an arctic island. His solid technique on the sliding brass captivates the native seals and penguins, who elect him King of Polaroo.
- DirectorShamus CulhaneStarsHarry LangDick NelsonGeGe PearsonIn this swing version of the famous tale, a small town of no distinction is overrun with rats. Stores and homes of every kind and description are infected with a plague of rats. The mayor of the town is in a quandary. His phones are busy with demands to do something about the rats. Finally, he hears a voice say: "Listen. Mister, what you need is a Pied Piper." Looking up, he sees a young man with a trombone (a caricature of Jimmy Durante) who claims that he can run every rat out of town for a small financial consideration. The mayor makes a deal with him, and the trombone player goes to work leading the rats out of town with his hot music. He gets rid of the rats with the playing of his trombone, and he locks them in a large cage. Returning to the mayor's office, he's handed a bag which is full of peanuts. The mayor throws him out. Unable to get the reward promised him, the Pied Piper puts on his "Hank Swoonatra" (Frank Sinatra, of course) suit and tie and croons to the girls. The whole town is hep to his hot music. Soon, all of the children are following him. He leads them and aboard a "swing ship" (showboat) where "100 name bands" (Ozzie Nelson, Harry James, Jack Teagarden...) are playing. The ship toots goodbye and sails away as the trombone player opens the cage full of rats. Now the rats return to town, where only the mayor is left. The rats all swarm into the mayor's office and really give him a bad time of it for his faithless treatment of the Pied Piper. The mayor imitates Lou Costello.
- DirectorShamus CulhaneStarsHarry LangHarry StantonKing Size wants to find a husband for his daughter. He stages a contest to find the greatest man in Siam will win. The Smartest Man is rejected; then the Richest; and then the Fastest. Last, the Hottest Man in Siam (a musician).
- DirectorAlex LovyStarsMel BlancZedra CondeA mouse, sleeping in the Zowie Cafe, has his sleep disturbed by the jukebox. He crawls into the machine, but the mechanism flings him out the coin return. The mouse lands in a glass of Zowie beverage, which he happily drinks. Bottles tip over, releasing the spirits (both alcoholic and ghostly) within. The ghosts form a band, at first just playing rhythm (with peanuts as maracas). Turtles in the cafe's fountain start dancing. A lobster on a plate does a 'Carmen Miranda' impression. The figures on a lamp dance around the shade. A cactus dances with the mouse. The mouse hits the floor, knocking several mouse ghosts loose; they form a conga line, leading to the mouse's bed, where he falls back to sleep.
- DirectorWalter LantzStarsDick NelsonKent RogersThe Big Bad Wolf is about to be hanged for blowing down the Three Little Pigs' houses. He tries to save his life by claiming that the pigs actually blew down HIS house by playing swing music.
- DirectorBen HardawayEmery HawkinsStarsJune ForayFlorence GillDorothy LloydOswald Rabbit, in his last animated short, conducts a gaggle of hens in a symphony to get them to lay eggs. An Easter-themed cartoon.
- DirectorAlex LovyStarsCarl GraysonDick NelsonDel PorterA group of Indians are dancing in boogie-woogie style. Immediately comes the rain but the Indians are still singing.
- DirectorAlex LovyStarsKing JacksonThe foreman of the "Lazy S Ranch" is getting much work out of his shiftless cowhands until a black cowboy on a donkey comes riding' along singing "Cow Cow Boogie." While his version doesn't hold a candle to the one by Ella Mae Morse, it is jivey and has more than enough rhythm to pep up the cowhands, and the cattle herd also.
- DirectorAlex LovyStarsCarl GraysonCactus MackKent RogersHomer Pigeon takes his sweetheart Daisy to a barn dance, much to the reluctance of his horse Hank.
- DirectorAlex LovyStarsSara BernerDanny Webb